Singapore legislation
Section 35
Section 35
Regulations
(1)
The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act and for prescribing any matter which may be prescribed under this Act.
(2)
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), such regulations may —
provide for the use of its libraries and library buildings and of their contents, fittings and furniture, and for protecting them from injury, destruction or misuse;
require from any persons using its libraries a guarantee or security against the loss of, or injury to, any library materials belonging to the libraries;
(ba)provide for the use, custody, preservation, reproduction, removal, destruction and disposal of public records and other documents under this Act;
(bb)provide for regulating the taking of oral history recordings and transcripts;
enable the officers or employees of the Board to exclude or remove from its libraries, library buildings, the National Archives, any oral history centre or any other land or building owned by or under the control of the Board persons committing any offence under this Act or any of its regulations;
provide for the preservation of order and the prevention of nuisance in any library, library building, the National Archives, any oral history centre or any other land or building owned by or under the control of the Board;
fix the days and times of admission to its libraries;
provide for the admission of vehicles to the grounds of its libraries and the regulation of traffic in those grounds;
prescribe the amount of fines that may be levied for the damage, loss or late return of borrowed library materials and for the waiving or refund of such fines; and
prescribe that any act or omission in contravention of the provisions of any regulations made under this Act shall be an offence and imposing penalties for those offences, which penalties shall not exceed a fine of $5,000.